Human Oddities by Eric John Dingwall (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition. No dj. Some sheflwear and a touch shaken, but overall a good reading copy. Eric John Dingwall was a British anthropologist, psychical researcher, and scholar of unusual and heterodox subjects whose career represented one of the more extraordinary intellectual trajectories of the twentieth century, combining serious academic credentials and institutional affiliations with a lifelong fascination with the marginal, the anomalous, and the deeply strange dimensions of human behavior and belief. He worked for many years at the British Museum and the Society for Psychical Research, bringing to his investigations of unusual phenomena a combination of genuine scholarly rigor and an open minded curiosity that refused to dismiss uncomfortable or anomalous material simply because it fell outside the boundaries of conventional academic respectability. His published work ranged across an extraordinary variety of subjects including the history of magic and conjuring, the anthropology of human sexuality, psychical research, and the biographical study of unusual and extreme human personalities and behaviors. Some Human Oddities is a collection of biographical and analytical studies examining a selection of historical figures whose lives were marked by extraordinary, extreme, or deeply unusual characteristics of personality, belief, or behavior, approaching its subjects with the combination of scholarly curiosity and analytical detachment that characterized Dingwall's work across his career. The categories identified in the subtitle, the queer, the uncanny, and the fanatical, signal the range of human unusualness the book addresses, encompassing figures whose lives were marked by sexual nonconformity, by encounters with apparently inexplicable phenomena, or by the kind of consuming and extreme religious or ideological commitment that drove them to remarkable or disturbing extremes of thought and action. The biographical approach Dingwall brings to his subjects allows him to examine unusual human phenomena through the concrete particularity of individual lives rather than through purely abstract analysis, grounding his broader observations about human psychology and behavior in the documented specifics of particular cases drawn from historical record. This method reflects the influence of the case study tradition in both psychology and psychical research, treating individual lives as evidence through which broader questions about human nature and its more extreme manifestations can be productively examined. The tone of the work balances genuine scholarly seriousness with the readable accessibility of a writer aware that his subject matter, while deserving careful analytical attention, also has an inherent fascination that makes it naturally engaging to a general readership with an interest in the more extraordinary corners of human experience. Dingwall's combination of erudition, open mindedness, and willingness to engage seriously with material that more conventional scholars might have avoided or dismissed makes Some Human Oddities a characteristic and rewarding product of one of the more genuinely original scholarly minds of the twentieth century. Chapters include St. Joseph of Cupertino, James Allen, Berbiguier, The Deacon of Paris, D.D. Home, and Angel Anna.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by the previous owner on the front inner board. Publication of 198 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, faded marks and a touch edge worn. There is foxing on the last few pages. The text is legible. The binding has skillfully been repaired. R*2024/11/10. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Studies in the queer, the uncanny and the fanatical with 12 platers.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Large octavo with green and red half-cloth boards; dark yellow endpapers; 198 pages; illustrations; 25 cm. Dr. Dingwall was a writer, parapsychologist, researcher and librarian. Six stories of "the darker fields of human activity" and hints at the "connection between occultism and sexuality." --Introduction. Contents: St. Joseph of Copertino: the friar who flew. James Allen: the man who was not. Berbiguier: bottler of spirits. The deacon of Paris: dead but still active. D.D. Home: sorcerer of kings. Angel Anna: the worman who failed. About very good (-); pages clean and binding tight; some mild external wear; prior owner stamp on front endpaper. See photos. No jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Some Human Oddities by Eric John Dingwall (First Edition) A firm copy. Mild bumping to corners and soiling to lower spine. Moderate foxing to endpapers and foredge. Newspaper clipping laid in. Heavy foxing to jacket with loss to lower spine area; tape to underside. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. First published 1947, stated. With twelve plates, stated. Dingwall's detailed descriptions and narratives surrounding "odd" people in history; with reference sources. BOOK.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First Edition, 1947. Dust jacket and board edges previously water damaged. End papers foxed. Contents clear and firm within. A good condition book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 222 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.51 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

1st edition. 1st edition, 1947; post-war economy standard. B&W illustrations. Early page a little wrinkled; binding tight; a little wear at head & foot of spine, & at board corners. Dust jacket worn at edges, & a little discoloured Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Foxing to end inside covers. Wear and tear to D/J. Here are portrait studies of some of the most extraordinary people whose lives have ever been recorded in the pages of history. Beginning with the story of a flying man of the 17th century, Dr. Dingwall goes on to describe other odd people, such as the convulsed and the crucified fanatics in a Parisian cemetry a century later, and the amazing and almost incredible 'Angel Anna' over whose nameless crimes even the medical press had to draw a discreet veil. Lest the sceptical reader should suppose that these studies must be fictional, Dr. Dingwell has added an appendix to each chapter giving not only full documentation but also a discussion of each case from the medical and psychological points of view. With twelve plates. 198 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Hardcover. BITTE BEACHTEN: KEIN VERSAND AUSSERHALB EU - PLEASE NOTE: NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE EUROPEAN UNION. Halbleinen mit Rückentitel und farbigem Kopfschnitt, 223 Seiten mit 8 Tafeln, 198 Seiten mit 12 Bildtafeln. Einbände leicht bestoßen und fleckig, wenige Seiten fleckig. / Covers slightly bumped and stained, a few pages stained. Gewicht: 1600.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. lightly blue cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 198 pp covers worn spine sunned and frayed on the top and bottom owner's name written on the front endpaper Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. green cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 198 pp inside joint split on the top covers worn foxing on the pages Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.